Limestone Quarry
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Limestone Quarry
(Off A619)

Grid Ref SK50907725

Situation: East of Springfield Farm
West of Gipsyhill Lane
South of Walls Lane
North of A619

Present Condition - Disused for many years, possibly 100 years, and very overgrown with nettles, etc.  Twelve to fifteen feet deep despite having been used to dump stone and concrete troughs as well as rubble.  Edge of quarry, a neglected hedge of hawthorn, hazel, blackthorn and dog rose with broken fencing and gaps.  Original access from present A619 extant as a gap in the present hedge and track across field.

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Some of the working party by ash tree in North East corner of quarry
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General view across quarry in South West/North East direction.  Ash tree as in photograph 1
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Panoramic views across quarry looking north.  The far side of number 3 is where the building would have been
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Entrance sloping down into quarry from field at A619
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Two places where the quarry face was visible
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Example of undergrowth in quarry bottom
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Troughs, etc

 

History Earliest record so far
1823 Annexation of land map is shown, but difficult for detail
1839 Tithe map marked as stone quarry
1883
1899
1923
OS maps - called Old Quarry in a separate field with hedges on all sides and an oblong building along the North West wall (see plan).

 

           


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